TraceHanzi

星星 meaning in English

xīngxing

(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky

HSK 2noun18 strokes

Meaning of 星星

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xīngxing
  1. (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky

How to use 星星

星星 is the everyday, spoken word for stars you see in the sky, and it is common in children's songs and casual talk. Example: 今天晚上有很多星星。(Jīntiān wǎnshang yǒu hěn duō xīngxing.) There are a lot of stars tonight.

星 (xīng) has 日 (sun, light) on top of 生 (to be born, to grow), so picture tiny lights being born in the night sky. Saying it twice, 星星, is like pointing up and counting them one by one.

Common mistake: Learners often use 星星 for a famous person, but a celebrity is 明星 (míngxīng) and a singer is 歌星 (gēxīng). Also, the second 星 is said in the neutral tone, so it sounds like xīngxing, not xīngxīng.

星星 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè是shì一yī本běn关guān于yú星xīng星xīng的de书shū。
This is a book about stars.
星xīng星xīng没méi有yǒu被bèi看kàn到dào。
Not a star was to be seen.
那nà儿ér的de小xiǎo星xīng星xīng是shì所suǒ有yǒu星xīng星xīng里lǐ最zuì亮liàng的de。
That tiny star there is the brightest out of all the stars.
你nǐ可kě以yǐ用yòng望wàng远yuǎn镜jìng看kàn星xīng星xīng。
You can use a telescope to look at the stars.
星xīng星xīng开kāi始shǐ在zài天tiān空kōng中zhōng出chū现xiàn。
Stars began to appear in the sky.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

星 xīng · star · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

星 xīng · star · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 星星.

星期xīngqīweek; day of the week
星期天xīngqītiānSunday
星期日xīngqīrìSunday
明星míngxīngstar; celebrity
卫星wèixīng(aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon
歌星gēxīngsinging star; famous singer
影星yǐngxīngfilm star
球星qiúxīngsports star (ball sport)
外星人wàixīngrénspace alien; extraterrestrial
巨星jùxīng(astronomy) giant star; (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)
星座xīngzuòconstellation; astrological sign
五星级wǔxīngjífive-star (hotel)

Questions about 星星

What does 星星 mean?

星星 (xīngxing) means "(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 星星?

星星 is made of 2 characters: 星 (9 strokes), 星 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 星星 an HSK word?

Yes. 星星 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 星星 and 星 alone?

星星 is the standalone spoken word for stars in the sky. 星 on its own mostly appears inside compounds like 星期 (xīngqī, week) or 卫星 (wèixīng, satellite), and in more formal or written language.

How do you count stars in Chinese?

Use the measure word 颗 (kē) for stars, as in 一颗星星 (yì kē xīngxing), one star. For a whole sky full of stars you can say 满天的星星 (mǎn tiān de xīngxing).

取Previous in HSK 2qǔ